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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
NO MESSAGES will be sent until 19 December 2007
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
****************************************
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Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
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# posted by SBasefsky : 1:10 PM
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 21 November 2007
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 21 November 2007
Academic Research
International
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 21 November 2007
Academic Research
- ILO/GURN (Global Union Research Network)
- Trade Union Responses to Globalization: A review by the Global Union Research Network [7 November 2007]
- Edited by Verena Schmidt
- http://www.gurn.info/papers/book_sale_en.pdf
- Executive Summary
- http://www.gurn.info/papers/book_sum_en.pdf
- Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: A Search for Mechanisms in Time Use Data
- http://nber15.nber.org/papers/w13600.pdf
- [full-text, 29 pages]
- John Cawley, Feng Liu
- NBER Working Paper No. 13600
- Issued in November 2007
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13600
- Who Gets What from Employer Pay or Play Mandates?
- http://nber15.nber.org/papers/w13578.pdf
- [full-text, 36 pages]
- Richard V. Burkhauser, Kosali I. Simon
- NBER Working Paper No. 13578
- Issued in November 2007
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13578
- CAHRS Working Paper 07 12
- The Influence of Human Resource Practices and Collective Affective Organizational Commitment on Aggregate Voluntary Turnover
- Timothy M. Gardner, Lisa M. Moynihan, Patrick M. Wright
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/downloads/PDFs/WorkingPapers/WP07-12.pdf
- [full-text, 36 pages]
International
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
- Landmark international framework agreement signed in media sector [19 November 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2007/10/articles/eu0710039i.htm
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
- COMPARATIVE STUDY
- Industrial relations in the EU, Japan, US and other global economies, 20052006 [15 November 2007]
- November 2007
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0706028s/index.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0706028s/tn0706028s.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0706028s/tn0706028s.pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE GB.300/4/1
- 300th Session
- Governing Body Geneva, November 2007
- FOR DEBATE AND GUIDANCE
- FOURTH ITEM ON THE AGENDA
- The United Nations and reform: Developments in the multilateral system
- World Bank Doing Business report: The employing workers indicator
- http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_085125.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- World Bank
- The Little Data Book on Africa 2007 [14 November 2007]
- http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/EXTPUBREP/EXTSTATINAFR/0,,contentMDK:21107092~menuPK:3098195~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:824043,00.html
- or
- http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSTATINAFR/Resources/LDB_Africa_final.pdf
- [full-text, 128 pages]
- See also
- 50 Factoids about Sub-Saharan Africa
- http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/EXTPUBREP/EXTSTATINAFR/0,,contentMDK:21106218~menuPK:3094759~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:824043,00.html
- See Press Release
- http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21549323~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html
- Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
- Survey of Current Business
- Volume 87, Number 11
- November 2007
- Operations of U.S. Multinational Companies in 2005 [16 November 2007]
- http://www.bea.gov/scb/pdf/2007/11%20November/1107_mnc.pdf
- [full-text, 23 pages]
- Within this article -
- More Countries Collect Data on Multinational Companies
- http://www.bea.gov/scb/pdf/2007/11%20November/1107_mnc.pdf#page=13
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34088
- Leave Benefits in the United States
- Updated July 27, 2007
- Linda Levine, Specialist in Labor Economics, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34088_20070727.pdf
- [full-text, 27 pages]
- Federal Reserve Board (FRB]
- Press Release Date: November 14, 2007
- [ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS now QUARTERLY covering 3 YEARS with MORE DATA]
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/monetary/20071114a.htm
- Office pf Personnel Management (OPM)
- REPORT TO THE CONGRESS
- THE EMPLOYMENT OF VETERANS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FISCAL YEAR 2006 [14 November 2007]
- http://www.opm.gov/employ/veterans/dvaap/2006/DVAAP-FY2006.pdf
- [full-text, 54 pages]
- Brookings Institution & PEW Charitable Trusts
- Economic Mobility Project
- Three Recent Studies
- (1) Economic Mobility of Black and White Families
- Julia B. Isaacs, Child and Family Policy Fellow, Economic Studies
- http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2007/11_blackwhite_isaacs.aspx
- or
- http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2007/11_blackwhite_isaacs/11_blackwhite_isaacs.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- November 2007
- (2) Economic Mobility of Families Across Generations
- http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2007/11_generations_isaacs.aspx
- or
- http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2007/11_generations_isaacs/11_generations_isaacs.pdf
- [full-text, 17 pages]
- November 2007 .
- (3) Economic Mobility of Men and Women
- http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2007/11_menwomen_isaacs.aspx
- or
- http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2007/11_menwomen_isaacs/11_menwomen_isaacs.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- November 2007
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- Fast Facts from EBRI
- FFE #68, Nov. 15, 2007
- How Much Value Do Workers Place on Health Benefits? [15 November 2007]
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/publications/facts/fastfacts/fastfact111507.pdf
- Mercer
- New Zealand's labour market squeeze goes from bad to worse [14 November 2007]
- http://www.mercer.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1287475
- Mercer
- [Free] Business web briefing: Employee benefits environment in China [13 November 2007]
- http://www.mercer.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1287430
- Mercer
- Benefit Plans Around the World: A Guide for Multinational Employers [12 November 2007]
- http://www.mercer.com/referencecontent.jhtml?idContent=1277030
- See --
- 8 COUNTRY SAMPLE REPORT
- http://www.mercer.com/attachment.dyn?idContent=1277015&filePath=/attachments/English/8-Country_Sample_Report_US_Letter_Size.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- Press Release
- New global report eases battle in war for talent for multinational employers
- http://www.mercer.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1287405
- Towers Perrin
- Towers Perrin Reports an 8% Increase in Director Compensation in the Past Year [14 November 2007]
- Other Compensation Trends Include Fewer Stock Options and More Full Value Shares
- http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/jsp/masterbrand_webcache_html.jsp?webc=HR_Services/United_States/Press_Releases/2007/20071114/2007_11_14.htm&selected=press
- OSHA announces employer-paid personal protective equipment final rule [14 November 2007]
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/osha/osha20071774.htm
- Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 220 / Thursday, November 15, 2007 / Rules and Regulations
- Page 64342
- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- 29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918 and 1926
- [Dockets S042 (OSHA docket office) and OSHAS04220060667 (regulations.gov)]
- [RIN No. 1218AB77]
- Employer Payment for Personal Protective Equipment
- http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/07-5608.htm
- or
- http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-5608.pdf
- [full-text, 90 pages]
- Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First
- THE STATE OF STATE DISCLOSURE: An Evaluation of Online Public Information About Economic Development Subsidies, Procurement Contracts and Lobbying Activities [15 November 2007]
- by Philip Mattera, Karla Walter, Julie Farb Blain and Michelle Lee
- A report by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First
- November 2007
- http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/news/article.cfm?id=375
- See FULL-TEXT REPORT at
- http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/pdf/statedisclosure.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- Press Release 15 November 2007
- Report: Open Government Lags Far Behind Technology; States Making Limited
- Progress in Using the Web to Enhance the Public's Right to Know
- http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/pdf/disclosurerelease.pdf
- BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: FIRST QUARTER 2007 [16 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewbd.pdf
- [full-text, 21 pages]
- BLS: EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2007 [16 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mslo.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mslo.pdf
- [full-text, 23 pages]
- BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: OCTOBER 2007 [15 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN OCTOBER 2007 [15 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- EuroStat
- POPULATION AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS 21/2007
- Eurostat DATA in focus
- Labour Market Latest Trends 2nd quarter 2007 data [15 November 2007]
- Author: Fabrice ROMANS
- http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-QA-07-021/EN/KS-QA-07-021-EN.PDF
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
- Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22, 2007
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/010763.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/cb07ff-17.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 5:53 AM
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 14 November 2007
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 14 November 2007
Academic Research
International
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 14 November 2007
Academic Research
- UN Economic Commission for Africa
- African Development Bank Group
- African Economic Conference 2007 -- 15-17 November 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- PAPERS
- http://www.uneca.org/aec/papers.htm
- [topics include - Gender Equality; Gender and Poverty, Trade Issues, Corruption, and more]
- ILO Decent Work Research Prize, 2008
- CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/papers/confrnce/research/call08e.pdf
- El Instituto Internacional de Estudios Laborales [at the ILO]; Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT)
- Tras la crisis: El nuevo rumbo de la política económica y laboral en Argentina y su impacto
- http://www.ilo.org/public/spanish/bureau/inst/download/114.pdf
- [full-text, 151 pages]
- International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
- Discussion Paper 184/2007
- Explaining non-compliance with labour legislation in Latin America: A cross-country analysis [August 2007]
- by Andiana Marshall
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp18407.pdf
- [full-text, 38 pages]
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- Discussion Paper No. 3164
- November 2007
- Employment Protection, Firm Selection, and Growth
- Markus Poschke, McGill University, EUI and IZA
- http://ftp.iza.org/dp3164.pdf
- [full-text, 41 pages]
International
- African Development Bank Group (ADBG)
- Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries 2007
- http://www.afdb.org/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/ADB_ADMIN_PG/DOCUMENTS/STATISTICS/GENDER_2007_WEB.PDF
- [full-text, 314 pages]
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- Health at a Glance 2007 OECD Indicators [13 November 2007]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/11/0,3343,en_2649_37407_16502667_1_1_1_37407,00.html
- Press Release at
- http://www.oecd.org/document/50/0,3343,en_2649_37407_39614578_1_1_1_37407,00.html
- Ministry of Social Development (New Zealand)
- 2007 The Social Report
- Indicators of social wellbeing in New Zealand [18 October 2007]
- http://socialreport.msd.govt.nz/documents/Social-Report-2007.pdf
- [full-text, 168 pages]
- Ministry of Social Development (New Zealand)
- National Benefit Factsheets
- http://www.msd.govt.nz/media-information/benefit-factsheets/national-benefit-factsheets.html
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Philip L. Rones, Acting Commissioner
- September 2007
- Bulletin 2590
- National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2006 [9 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ncswage.htm
- See also
- CHARTBOOK
- http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0967.pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- Economics and Statistics Administration
- U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
- Local Employment Dynamics
- Issued November 2007
- The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers in Arkansas: 2004 [9 November 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/ledow07ar.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- A CBO Study
- The Long-Term Outlook for Health Care Spending [November 2007]
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/87xx/doc8758/11-13-LT-Health.pdf
- [full-text, 35 pages]
- U.S. Department of Labor honors five organizations for creating equal opportunities in the workplace
- Raytheon Co. receives prestigious Secretary of Labor's Opportunity Award
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/esa/ESA20071473.htm
- 2007 Award Recipients
- http://www.dol.gov/PrinterFriendly/PrinterVersion.aspx?url=http://www.dol.gov/esa/media/reports/ofccp/evenom.htm
- [includes CORNELL UNIVERSITY]
- GAO: Social Security: Issues Regarding the Coverage of Public Employees
- GAO-08-248T, November 06, 2007
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08248t.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08248thigh.pdf
- GAO: WOMEN AND LOW-SKILLED WORKERS: Other Countries' Policies and Practices That May Help These Workers Enter and Remain in the Labor Force, GAO-07-817 [14 June 2007]
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07817.pdf
- [full-text, 47 pages]
- GAO: WOMEN AND LOW-SKILLED WORKERS [Testimony]: Other Countries' Policies and Practices That May Help These Workers Enter and Remain in the Labor Force, GAO-07-817T [14 June 2007]
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07989t.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- SBA
- Office of Advocacy
- Quarterly Indicators
- Third Quarter 2007: The Economy and Small Business [8 November 2007]
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/sbqei0703.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- Treasury Department
- INCOME MOBILITY IN THE U.S. FROM 1996 TO 2005
- REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
- NOVEMBER 13, 2007
- http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/reports/incomemobilitystudyfinal.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- Press Release
- November 13, 2007
- HP-673
- Treasury Releases Income Mobility Study
- http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/hp673.htm
- United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC)
- 2007 REPORT TO CONGRESS of the U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION [online 13 November 2007]
- http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2007/annual_report_full_07.pdf
- [full-text, 56 pages]
- View Chapter by Chapter
- http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2007/07_annual_report_contents.php
- Press Release
- U.S. - CHINA COMMISSION TO RELEASE 2007 REPORT TO CONGRESS
- Report Cites Troubling Trends for U.S. Economic and National Security Interests; Offers Numerous Recommendations for Congressional Action
- http://www.uscc.gov/pressreleases/latest_pressrelease.php
- [soon available at the URL above]
- Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS), ILR School, Cornell University
- SOME KEY DATA on WORKING HOURS in the U.S.
- by Stuart Basefsky (November 2007)
- http://iwsdninternational.blogspot.com/2007/11/iws-some-key-data-on-working-hours-in.html
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- Fast Facts from EBRI
- FFE #67, Nov. 8, 2007
- Should Employers Be Required to Provide Health Benefits? [8 November 2007]
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/publications/facts/fastfacts/fastfact110807.pdf
- [full-text, 1 page]
- PEW Research Center
- Optimism about Black Progress Declines [13 November 2007]
- Blacks See Growing Values Gap Between Poor and Middle Class
- http://pewsocialtrends.org/pubs/700/black-public-opinion
- or
- http://pewsocialtrends.org/assets/pdf/Race.pdf
- [full-text, 91 pages]
- Press Release
- Blacks See Growing Values Gap Between Poor and Middle Class
- Optimism About Black Progress Declines
- November 13, 2007
- http://pewresearch.org/pubs/634/black-public-opinion
- Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Demographics and Statistics.
- 2006 Disability Status Report United States [7 November 2007]
- Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/disabilitystatistics/StatusReports/2006-PDF/2006-StatusReport_US.pdf?CFID=10472&CFTOKEN=34852786
- [full-text, 48 pages]
- For more information and data files, see --
- www.disabilitystatistics.org
- or
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/disabilitystatistics/
- Press Release 7 November 2007
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/110707_DisabilityStatusReport.html
- The Work Foundation
- Exploiting Europe's Knowledge Potential: 'Good Work' or 'Could do Better':
- Knowledge Work and Knowledge Workers in Europe [7 November 2007]
- Katerina Rüdiger; Alana McVerry
- A report prepared for the Knowledge Economy Programme
- November 2007
- http://www.theworkfoundation.com/Assets/PDFs/exploiting_Europe.pdf
- [full-text, 39 pages]
- Committee on Finance (Senate)
- HISTORY, PRESENT LAW, AND ANALYSIS OF THE FEDERAL WEALTH TRANSFER TAX SYSTEM
- Scheduled for a Public Hearing Before the SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE on
- November 14, 2007
- Prepared by the Staff of the JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
- November 13, 2007, JCX-108-07
- http://www.house.gov/jct/x-108-07.pdf
- [full-text, 50 pages]
- National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
- Pensions and Retirement Plan Enactments in 2007 State Legislatures
- Ronald K. Snell
- October 2007
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/pensun07.htm
- ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
- FADING CORPORATISM
- Israel's Labor Law and Industrial Relations in Transition [November 2007]
- by Guy Mundlak
- $49.95s cloth
- 2007, 344 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4, 3 tables, 5 charts/graphs
- http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4743
- BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES September 2007 [9 November 2007]
- http://bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2007/trad0907.htm
- or
- http://bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2007/pdf/trad0907.pdf
- [full-text, 47 pages]
- or
- http://bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2007/xls/trad0907.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2007/pdf/trad0907_fax.pdf
- BLS: Producer Price Indexes - October 2007 [14 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: Bulletin 2591
- Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment, 2003 [online 6 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/gp/laugp.htm
- BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES -OCTOBER 2007 -[9 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ximpim.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ximpim.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES REQUIRING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK, 2006 [8 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/osh2.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf
- [full-text, 44 pages]
- BLS: Productivity and Costs, Third Quarter 2007, Preliminary [7 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34232
- Understanding Mortgage Foreclosure: Recent Events, the Process, and Costs
- November 5, 2007
- Darryl E. Getter, Specialist in Financial Economics, Government and Finance Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL34232_20071105.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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Cornell/ILR School
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Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 7 November 2007
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 7 November 2007
Academic Research
International
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 7 November 2007
Academic Research
- Asian Development Bank Institute (ADB)
- Workforce Development in the Republic of Korea: Policies and Practices [29 October 2007]
- http://www.adbi.org/book/2007/10/29/2385.korea.workforce.development.policies.practices/
- or
- http://www.adbi.org/files/2007.10.29.book.korea.workforce.development.report.pdf
- [full-text, 138 pages]
- Inter-American Development Bank ( IADB)
- Outsiders? 2008 Report on Economic and Social Progress in Latin America (IPES 2008)
- The Changing Patterns of Exclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean [October 2007]
- Marquez Mosconi, Gustavo; Chong, A; Duryea, S; Mazza J.;Ñopo, H.
- ISBN: 978-1-59782-059-2
- http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=1154386
- [full-text, 302 pages]
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Research Department Working Papers:
- WP-619
- Traditional Excluding Forces: A Review of the Quantitative Literature on the Economic Situation of Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descendants, and People Living with Disability
- Author:
- Gandelman, Nestor; Ñopo, Hugo; Ripani, Laura
- Published:
- October 2007
- http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubWP-619.pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
International
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Impact of globalisation on industrial relations in the EU and other major economies [2 November 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0785.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/85/en/1/ef0785en.pdf
- [full-text, 96 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Foundation findings - Mobility in Europe: The way forward [5 November 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0703.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/03/en/1/ef0703en.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Approaches to flexicurity: EU models [2 November 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0784.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/84/en/1/ef0784en.pdf
- [full-text, 64 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation_
- European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
- Attractive workplace for all [June-July 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/employment/quality/attractiveworkplace.htm
- 104 case studies from seven countries (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and UK), showing how the Lisbon strategy is being implemented on the ground at company level. The involvement of the social partners at company and sectoral level is a significant aspect of the development of these policies and their outcomes.
- Austria
- * < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07454.htm >
- France
- * < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07456.htm >
- Germany
- * < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07455.htm >
- Italy
- * < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07457.htm >
- Netherlands
- * < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07452.htm >
- Sweden
- * < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07453.htm >
- United Kingdom
- * < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07451.htm>
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Sending Money Home - Worldwide Remittance Flows to Developing Countries in 2006 [October 2007]
- Worldwide Remittance Flows to Developing Countries
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- Editor(s): Ifad
- http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=1172190
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- Latin American Economic Outlook [7 November 2007]
- The 2008 Latin American Economic Outlook Report
- http://www.oecd.org/document/25/0,3343,en_2649_33731_38344793_1_1_1_1,00.html
- or
- http://www.oecd.org/dev/leo
- Order Book at
- http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/display.asp?sf1=identifiers&lang=EN&st1=9789264030367
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
- Issues in Labor Statistics
- October 2007
- CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES: AN EMPLOYMENT & WAGE PROFILE OF THE AFFECTED COUNTIES [30 October 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils63.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [2 November 2007]
- October 2007
- Vol. 130, Number 10
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- Import and export price trends in 2006
- Carol Rowan and Sonya Wahi-Miller
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/10/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- The rise and decline of auto parts manufacturing in the Midwest
- Benjamin Collins, Thomas McDonald, and Jay A. Mousa
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/10/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- The economic impact of the creative arts industries: New York and Los Angeles
- Michael L. Dolfman, Richard J. Holden, and Solidelle Fortier Wasser
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/10/art3full.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
- Current Employment Statistics [2 November 2007]
- Highlights
- October 2007
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ceshighlights.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- Census
- A Child's Day: 2004 (Selected Indicators of Child Well-Being) [31 October 2007]
- Detailed Tables
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/2004_detailedtables.html
- Press Release
- Parents More Active in Raising Their Children; Children Get Less Television Time [31 October 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/children/010850.html
- Census
- Press Release
- Shipped Goods in U.S. Manufacturing Reaches $5 Trillion in 2006 [7 November 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/economic_surveys/010892.html
- Detailed Data Sets
- http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=EAS&_submenuId=datasets_5&_lang=en
- American FactFinder Tutorial
- http://www.census.gov/mcd/afftutorial.html
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- A CBO Paper
- Long-Term Unemployment [2 November 2007]
- October 2007
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/87xx/doc8770/10-31-LongtermUnemployment.pdf
- [full-text, 34 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL32964
- The United States as a Net Debtor Nation: Overview of the International Investment Position
- Updated October 18, 2007
- James K. Jackson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL32964_20071018.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- GAO
- Private Pensions: Information That Sponsors and Participants Need to Understand 401(k) Plan Fees
- GAO-08-222T, October 30, 2007
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08222t.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08222thigh.pdf
- Summary
- http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/abstract.php?rptno=GAO-08-222T
- AARP
- 2007 AARP Online Survey of Employers in Florida
- Research Report
- http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/fl_employers_07.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- see also
- Manatee and Sarasota Counties Report
- http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/fl_employers_county_07.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
- The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: Job Quality in the United States over the Three Most Recent Business Cycles [6 November 2007]
- November 2007, John Schmitt
- http://www.cepr.net/content/view/1352/8/
- or
- http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/goodjobscycles.pdf
- [full-text, 27 pages]
- Press Release
- Despite Economic Growth, Share of Good Jobs Falls
- http://www.cepr.net/content/view/1353/77/
- Commonwealth Fund
- Toward Higher-Performance Health Systems: Adults' Health Care Experiences In Seven Countries, 2007 [1 November 2007]
- http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/26/6/w717
- or
- http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/reprint/26/6/w717
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- Watson Wyatt (UK)
- HR directors wrong to leave executive pensions in the "too hard" box [7 November 2007]
- http://watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=18221
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34223
- The Law of Church and State: U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Since 2002
- October 30, 2007
- Cynthia M. Brougher, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34223_20071030.pdf
- [full-text, 17 pages]
- BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS SEPTEMBER 2007 [1 November 2007]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/pi0907.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/pdf/pi0907.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/xls/pi0907.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/pdf/pi0907_fax.pdf
- BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: SEPTEMBER 2007 [6 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: OCTOBER 2007 [2 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
- [full-text, 29 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: Employment from the BLS household and payroll surveys: summary of recent trends [2 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ces_cps_trends.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- BLS
- Spotlight on Statistics
- November 2007
- Thanksgiving [5 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2007/thanksgiving/
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- OECD Broadband Portal Launched [5 November 2007]
- http://www.oecd.org/sti/ict/broadband
- Press Release [5 November 2007]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/54/0,3343,en_2649_33703_39575670_1_1_1_1,00.html
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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